Y’all are gonna like this, especially with the holidays on the snowy horizon. Your choice of one of the following:
(Imagine me doing the Vanna gesture here.)
These lovely women’s slippers which come in four colors and with their very own matching bag.
These super cozy shearling-lined men’s slippers which come in two colors.
Or!
These darling children’s fleece PJ’s (girl styles available too!) which come in four color combos.
If you would like a chance to win one of the above (Vanna gesture), leave me a comment telling me this: If you were curled up on the sofa (wearing your Lands End slippers of course!) and re-reading your favorite book from childhood, which book would it be? It’s hard to choose just one, but Sean and I recently read Charlotte’s Web. I had forgotten how much I loved it.
At some point in the day on Friday (Nov. 14) I’ll use Random.Org to choose a winner.
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I’m taking copious notes on your favorites titles. I think I’ll compile a list and let you know which ones were most mentioned. I strongly suspect it’s The Little House series followed by Anne of Green Gables. I love that you have brought to my attentions titles I had not heard and other that I had forgotten.
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Time’s up! Going to Random.org to choose a winner. Stay tuned!
Tracy says:
Those look fabulous. I’d love any of them! Especially as I sit cuddled up in my warm jammies, with my warm bathrobe on – and my cold feet!
My favorite book from childhood? Anne of Green of Gables. I can see me now, sitting on the sofa in my warm jammies, with my warm bathrobe on, and my warm feet wearing my cozy slippers, reading Anne. That just sounds so perfect!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:25 am
GeeGee says:
I can’t believe I am first to leave a comment. I would have to choose between the Pony of Chicontergwea (SP) and the Borrowers. I loved both of them AND Black Beauty. I probably should have said that first since I could spell it.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Nicky says:
“The Velveteen Rabbit” will always rank #1 for me.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Marylou says:
My favourite books from childhood would definately be all the Pippy Longstocking adventures.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Aggiema (Michelle) says:
Hubby needs a new pair of slippers and this would cut my Christmas shopping down. I loved Dr. Suess’ Sleep Book (Can still hear my Mama’s voice as she read it to me!) and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Lucy says:
I’m in!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:31 am
melanie dawn says:
The Little House on the Prairie Books. We also recently read Charlotte’s Web, and are continuously reading Junie B Jones, which I know are not “haute” literature, but OH MY they are hilarious and make us very happy!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Cathy says:
One of my favorite childhood books is Stuart Little. Our 3rd grade teacher read it to us in class and then just about the whole class bought a copy for themselves. I bought a copy for Hunter while I was still pregnant.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Jane says:
I also adored The Borrowers. A few years later, in Jr. High, I read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, and it has remained one of my favorite books. I re-read it as an adult, and it was an entirely different experience.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Jenny says:
I’d have to say Where The Red Fern Grows.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Beck says:
Oh, those men’s slippers are FANTASTIC! And my favorite childhood book – which really needs a re-reading, now that you mention it – is A Little Princess.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Kim says:
anything by Jodi Picoult. I’m currently curled up reading her latest!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Just Mom says:
Those PJs are so cute!
There are so many books I would love to re-read, but “The Secret Garden” ranks the highest with me. I’ve already re-read “Charlotte’s Web” when I read it to my son a couple of months back.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Nett says:
Oh, how I love Charlotte’s Web. Or Old Yeller.
But, I think I’ll choose any one of the Little House on the Prairie books.
OR….Little Women.
Do I have to pick just one?
November 12th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Renee says:
Oh it’s a toss up between “Love You Forever” and “Where The Wild Things Are.” I loved those books when I was a kid!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Terri says:
I loved reading “Where the Red Fern Grows”. I remember bawling my eyes out at the end. Even in fourth grade, I was tenderhearted.
-Terri
November 12th, 2008 at 9:39 am
TeacherMommy says:
Oooh….Land’s End winter stuff is so luscious! And I so need new slippers!
I think I would have to revisit The Secret Garden. It’s been far too long since I read that lovely book, and I was reminded of its existence a short while ago. I remember lingering dreamily over that wonderful Dickon, thinking that he must be the nicest boy ever.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Renata Sommerville says:
I would be reading Caddie Woodlawn. I think I’ll light the fire today…
November 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Sandra says:
I would be reading Anne of Green Gables with Little Women lying nearby.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Kelly says:
It would have to be either “Bread and Jam for Frances” or “The Ox Cart Man”. Love them both!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Kate says:
Little House series or the Betsy series by Carolyn Haywood.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Juanita says:
The Narnia Chronicles, but especially “The Last Battle”. These have to be re-read every few years!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Kate says:
Probably The Phantom Tollbooth … I saw that sitting on a table in a bookstore recently and have been thinking about it ever since! What a great book!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Missy says:
I loved The Trumpet of the Swan, and Dr. Doolittle, and the Wizard of Oz books, and Charlotte’s Web, and James and the Giant Peach, and…
A children’s book I didn’t discover until I was older that I still read frequently is The Ordinary Princess.
Mostly, I just love books.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Veronica Mitchell says:
Little Women.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Kathy says:
I loved the Little House on the Prairie books. I also loved Boppsey Twins mystery books and read them over and over along with my Archie Comic books.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Alpaca Farmgirl says:
As a little girl my favorite story was The Little Red Hen. As a big girl, my favorite is The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. It gets me every time!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Danielle says:
My favorite book is “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret!”
November 12th, 2008 at 9:59 am
heidig says:
I was a mystery lover so any Nancy Drew book was a favorite with me.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:59 am
katherine from senor elefante says:
i would read the lion, the witch and the wardrobe – and then probably the rest of the chronicles. i love them and can’t wait to read them to our children!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:02 am
beth says:
Probably the whole Chronicles of Narnia series, in the proper order, please! When I was a youngster I wanted to live in Narnia…actually, I still do.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Betty Beguiles says:
I don’t know if it is still in print but my favorite book was The Giving Gift. It was my Mom’s when she was a little girl. I still read it to this day. I can’t wait until my girl’s are old enough to read it with me. Thanks for hosting this lovely giveaway!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Jeanne A says:
The Sugar Creek Gang was a favorite series as a young reader.
I loved reading so many books. In high school I love the Leon Uris books and Jane Eyre. OF course, in my day in the country I lived in we didn’t have any TV and during the summer vacations I often read a book a day.
Now I love reading memoirs of people living in interesting countries, etc.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:05 am
mombo says:
I’m with Juanita. I’ve read each of the Chronicles of Narnia books nearly a dozen times. Each time I read The Last Battle, I have recurring dreams of the Lord coming back. I hate to wake up and find it’s not real!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Julie at Elisharose says:
I’ve been thinking about rereading Little Women. I loved that book. I also liked Anne of Green Gables. I never read them as a kid, but I have been reading the Narnia series to my kids and have really enjoyed it.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Joni says:
“Macabe and his Green Suspenders” bottom line no one told Macabe that his suspenders were to hold him down not hold his pants up. Without them he went flying up into the air! Sorry, everything nowdays MUST have a moral the good old stories just for story sake are gone. “Sally and the Big Red Fox” was another story we liked.
Sons favorites were the Little Bear series by Marcy Meirs.
Shoe
November 12th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Rhonda says:
Those slippers look wonderful!
My favorite book was Anne of Green Gables. I still have my treasured hardcover that my favorite two aunts gave to me for Christmas in 1975 (I was 10).
November 12th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Gwendolyn says:
I always loved “The Little Princess”. As a matter of fact, I’m about to give it to my youngest daughter to read for the first time.
)
November 12th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Robyn says:
I’ve never been able to narrow my favorite books down to even a small list — different books for different moods! But let’s say Anne of Green Gables, because you can never go wrong with that one.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:12 am
rrmama says:
Love me some Land’s End! They have the best swimsuit selection EVAH! and I also have a shirt that I bought say 1,000 years ago and it is still one of my favorites and looks brand new.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Iota says:
The 101 Dalmatians, by Dodie Smith. I read it 9 times as a child.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Cyndi says:
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. I could read that book everyday!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Lori Drumm says:
I always loved “From the Crazy Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.” Now my daughter is reading it!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Refrigerator Art blogger says:
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing or something by Dr. Seuss.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Sarah at themommylogues says:
“The Four Story Mistake” is my absolute favorite!! Such a good book.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Stephanie says:
I loved the Box Car Children – which is even difficult to find in the library these days. I thought those kids were so adventurous!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Elizabeth says:
Thanks for the chance, AM! Some of my favorites were Harriet the Spy, any Nancy Drew, The Gypsy Girl’s New Red Shoes, Encylopedia Brown…
November 12th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Natalie says:
There was a bedtimes stories collection of fairy tales and fables that we had that had stories like “The Little Red Hen” and this really great princess one. The illustrations were amazing. I wish I could find it (or even remember the name!)
November 12th, 2008 at 10:27 am
happy geek says:
Heidi
OR Anne of Green Gables
OR the Narnia series
Or the Hobbit
OR anything by Carolyn Haywood
OR
Can you tell what i spent my childhood doing?
November 12th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Monica @ WriterChic says:
Can I cheat? I don’t know that I have a favorite book from childhood, though my dad was awesom and read me the original Pilgrim’s Progress with voices for each character, which I loved.
But! I can’t wait until Seth is old enough to appreciate this winner: The Tale of Despereaux. And a note to those who read this comment — READ this book before you see the movie (rumored to be coming out on Dec. 19). You won’t regret it!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Vee says:
The Secret Garden!!!!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Jodie says:
Those jammies are adorable! And for some reason, I can’t seem to quit buying my children more and more pajamas. It’s like a sickness.
If I were curled up reading my favorite children’s book, (although it IS very difficult to choose just one) I would definitely read some Ramona Quimby. I actually have Beezus and Ramona, just waiting to be read to my kids. Just thinking of it makes me all warm on the inside.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:32 am
fern says:
It’s a toss up between Little House on the Prairie and Little Women–they both took me far away from my suburban life.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:34 am
~*~ Jennifer ~*~ says:
If you were curled up on the sofa (wearing your Lands End slippers of course!) and re-reading your favorite book from childhood, which book would it be?
Oh… thanks so much for asking. I would be reading Pollyanna! Ü
November 12th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Beverlydru says:
Those men’s slippers would make an awesome gift for builderman. His slippers have a big hole in the end. He laughs about the “ventilation”.
I loved many books as a child, My mother was an elementary school librarian so I had an endless supply.
“The Borrowers” comes to mind as a favorite book. For favorite bedtime stories, I believe “Little Black Sambo” would be it. The tiger fascinated me.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Teresa says:
My mom got a book for me and my brother called “The Day You Were Born”. It always made me feel warm and fuzzy – even more than those Land’s End items. We would read and read and read again. I rememeber the book just falling apart. We learned about the process of growing inside our mom and about how much we were loved and wanted too. I hope to give my daughter the same experience.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Naomi says:
It is so hard to pick just one book! I loved the Borrowers, Little House in the Big Woods, any of the Trixie Belden mysteries, and of course the Secret Garden. I can’t wait to start reading these to my daughter!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Gretchen says:
Oh my goodness…feeling like a total looooosah for not having read Anne of Green Gables or the Secret Garden. Must.go.to.library…
Thanks for the chance, AM. I’d love to get some slippers for my hubs.
Though it’s hard to narrow down, I’d say that Charlotte’s Web is “some book”.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Lisa says:
I’d say ‘Stuart Little’ and ‘A Wrinkle in Time’.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Katrina says:
I have very fond memories of my Dad reading, “Mike Mulligan and his Steamshovel” by Virginia Lee Burton, to me.
Have you read this one to Sean? I bet he’d love it.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am
bonniebeth says:
Star Spangled Summer by Janet Lambert
November 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Shannon says:
I loved the Pippi Longstocking books.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Kai says:
James and the Giant Peach was a favorite…and of course the Little House in the Prairie series everyone else mentioned. There’s just something about those stories….
November 12th, 2008 at 10:49 am
tam says:
The Long Hard Winter, from the Little House series or the Box Car Children.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:51 am
ruth ann says:
‘Betsy, Tacy and Tib’ – any book in the series by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Takes me back to my childhood in an instant!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:57 am
edj says:
Oh HOW could I choose a favorite book? That’s like asking me which child of mine is my fav. I did love Treasures of the Snow, the Narnia books, the Curdie books, Emily of New Moon (preferred Emily to Anne; by the same author) and many many more…and I’d love some cozy slippers for these cold tile floors.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:02 am
edj says:
I forgot to say that I can have a US shipping address if that makes a difference. I’d still like to be entered, please.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Patti says:
Little House on the Prairie, without a doubt. I still read them. I think Sean would love the “Farmer Boy” book from that series.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:09 am
dionne says:
I’d be under my lands end fleece throw, and with an entire STACK of books next to me including all of the above titles, but under by bed right now I have the same copy of Little Women that my grandparents bought me when 35 years ago – and I still read it. Little Women, Lands End Fleece, and Lotsa Hot Toddy…
November 12th, 2008 at 11:09 am
RefreshMom says:
It would almost be a toss-up between Little Women and Harriet the Spy. I read and re-read those books more times than I can count. (And secretly always wanted to wander the neighborhood with a notebook and a pen.)
November 12th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Kim (aka Doodles) says:
Part of the title, “Witches Pond” (??) I’d recognize the cover if I saw it – or – any Nancy Drew book – of course!
November 12th, 2008 at 11:14 am
courtney says:
Little Women with To Kill A Mockingbird waiting in the wings when i finished
November 12th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Elaine says:
Gotta be “From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler.”
November 12th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Wendy says:
Thanks for the chance to win! My favorite books to read as a child would have to be The Chronicles of Narnia. I practically had the whole series memorized. I also love the Little House books and sooo many others…
(I have always been an avid reader.)
November 12th, 2008 at 11:24 am
kiy says:
Oh my, just one? Anything, anything at all, written by the glorious Phyllis A. Whitney. Her mysteries for juveniles is what woke me up to loving all things mystery. But then again, there is alway the Boxcar Children series. I think it would have to be a pile of books. I mean, who can stop at one?
Cheers, great giveaway … slippers and warm cozy pj’s time is already here!
Kiy
November 12th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Dee Anne says:
I think I would have to read The Chronicles of Narnia…our family loves that series!
November 12th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Jeni says:
It’s a hard choice, but I would probably go with the Anne of Green Gables books…or maybe the Chronicles of Narnia.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Jennifer C says:
I don’t remember actually reading many books except those required for school, which is strange because I love to read. However, I am reading Pippi Longstocking with my 6 year old daughter and I remember fondly watching the movies. I also baught Tom Sawyer to read with her later on down the road.(After she gets it for Christmas.)
I would love to win any of the things available.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Heidi says:
I would be reading “The Long Winter” by Lauran Ingalls Wilder. I read it in the fourth grade for the first time. Every year since then, on the night of our first snow, I take that book out and read it. Even as a child, I remember how that book made me feel warm and secure and thankful for what I had. It still makes me feel that way today.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Jennifer C says:
I was trying to think of something without looking at the other comments so I wouldn’t copy anyone, but after glancing through the comments I thought of some other books I enjoyed. I also loved the Little House on the Prarie series and the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Nancy says:
It is a hard choice but I would have to go with either “The Velveteen Rabbit” or “Little Women”.
Thanks for such a generous, timely giveaway! My cold Kentucky tootsies would thank you profusely!
November 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Linda says:
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Magic (or any of that series) by Betty MacDonald (or maybe McDonald).
LOVE those books, so did my kids, and am waiting for my grandchildren to get a few years older so that I can read the series to them.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Karin in SD says:
Little House on the Prairie books.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Heather says:
The Long Winter…I love the Laura books! I’d actually read any and all of them, but if it is winter and I’m on the sofa with my slippers I might as well read the one that makes me appreciate how easy we have it when the snow flies!
Heather
November 12th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Kelley says:
Oooo! I love Lands End stuff! My favorite book to read again would be any one of the Little House on the Prairie books. I have a set at home for my daughter who is 9, but she just isn’t interested in them – yet!
November 12th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Rivkeleh says:
I would be reading THE LAST OF THE REALLY GREAT WHANGDOODLES, which is written by Julie Andrews under the name Julie Edwards. This book has everything — vivid images that make you taste and feel sticky hot chocolate and doughnuts on a cold fall day; science experiments like putting ink in a mum’s water to watch it move through the petals; a noxious bad guy; funny bumbling characters who trip you up with yarn and scary evil bad characters (but not so much that they’re REALLY scary) who trip you up with bubblegum; fun with words and sounds; a boat that makes you any kind of ice cream you want and is powered by jokes; a chance to overcome insurmountable fear — and of course a happy ending.
Perfect reading for a fall afternoon. In fact, I think I’ll have to do that soon!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Pmom says:
I would read A Wrinkle in Time.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Rivkeleh says:
(ASIDE: Kim, are you thinking of THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND? That was marvelous — thanks for reminding me of that one!)
November 12th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Beth B. says:
What a great give-away. I would read either (a) Little House on the Prairie series or (b) Nancy Drew mysteries.
Looks like Little House was a popular series!
Beth (mommy to a busy 5-yr old)
November 12th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Ellen says:
My favorite childhood books were by Lois Lenski..ie. Strawberry Girl…
I would love new slippers!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Amanda says:
I love when we sit down to read “The Giving Tree” or “The Hungry Caterpillar” (my children are babies still)
I’d love these pjs for my son and the slippers for me and my husband!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Carrie says:
The Little Princess or The White Mountains trilogy. You gotta love the Tripods.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Kathy says:
I would love to read any of the Nancy Drew series. Love all of the Land’s End winter stuff!!
klbeaver64@yahoo.com
November 12th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Kimberly says:
From my childhood – Any Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys…From reading to my boys, it would be Good Night Moon or The Small One (Love this story…Thanks for the contest!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Kacey says:
Only one? No! I love books so much that I passed it on to my firstborn and she has a Masters+ in reading. So…
1.The Secret Garden
2.The Little House Books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
3.The Betsy, Tacy and Tib Books, by Maud Hart Lovelace
4.A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Tomorrow Will Be Better,Joy in the Morning and Maggie Now by Betty Smith
5. In This Sign by Joanne Greenberg
Oh, heck….I just loved reading and still do. There is always a book in progress on my nightstand. I have library cards in Ohio and Florida…books are necessary to life, like oxygen!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Jenn A. says:
The Count of Monte Cristo-nothing like a little revenge tale.
Jenn
November 12th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Mary Beth says:
I used to spend hours reading stories/poems from our Childcraft set. I have that set boxed up in our basement and need to dig them out for the kids to enjoy.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Magi says:
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
This was actually a hard choice. I have so many favorites.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Jessica says:
Any Little House book. Definitely!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
pam barkes says:
My favorite books from childhood were the Little House on the Praire books. My third grade teacher read all of them to us.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
kelly jeanie says:
As a big ol’ geek, one of my favorite books from childhood would probably be A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle. Loved that series!
Thanks for the giveaway!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Jessica says:
I spent my childhood buried in books. Lots of hours curled up on my pink daybed with slippers, sunshine, and an adventure.
How to choose? If I could track down “Otis Spofford” by Beverly Cleary, I’d love to read it again. It was a gem.
If that’s not available, I’d dig out my illustrated copy of Burnett’s “The Secret Garden.” I loved all the accents and landscapes and unusual words.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
apathy lounge says:
Crudzilla! I was SO going to say Charlotte’s Web. In fact, if we had had a daughter (AT ALL!!) her middle name was going to be Charlotte. So…I’ve gotta go with my second choice which would be Robert McCloskey’s “Homer Price”…or “Centerburg Tales”. When the skunk gets into the robbers’ suitcase? Hilarious!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
elaine says:
As I sit here in my chair, slipperless, I can really appreciate the thought of toasty feet. Winters get pretty cold in Colorado and one of my favorite slippers has gone missing
I loved The Secret Garden. I used to wish for my own garden, surrounded by walls that were covered in vines and filled with all things lovely.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
MrsNehemiah says:
this is a hard one! there were so many. I’ve enjoyed sharing the little house and Narnia series with my kiddo’s but I think It would have to be Anne of Green Gables.
Mrs N
November 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Nicole says:
Oh wow – to have to pick just one!! It would probably be Little Women, followed closely by Anne of Green Gables. Actually, now I just feel like watching the movies!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Keri Page says:
Loved little House on the Prairie books, Nancy Drew, Ramona books, Fudge, Super Fudge and Are you there God it’s Me Margaret.
Can you tell I’m a book nerd – love your site.
Keri
November 12th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Laura says:
It’s so hard to pick just one! I really loved Caddie Woodlawn and the Little House books.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Aleesha says:
Ooh, I’d read Freckle Juice… totally and completely random, but I loved that book!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Annie says:
I am no: 100, (i think). the book would definitely be Anne of Green Gables.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Lisa says:
My favorite children’s book is Kermit the Hermit. My boys are teenagers now and we still own this book.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Christi says:
It would definately be the Chronicles of Narnia. They are still some of my favorite books!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Mary B says:
Loved anything Judy Blume, also the Little House on the Prairie Books. Still have my copies
November 12th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Jan says:
Carbonel King of the cats was one I loved and reread many times.
Dr. Dolittle was another one I loved.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Dev says:
I loved the “Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle” series. Oh! And “Amelia Bedelia”.
Aw, I miss those.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Dee says:
Those slippers look so cozy and warm! I would be reading “The Little House on the Prairie.” I don’t even know how many times I have read that series, but I still read it about once a year as an adult.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
sheilah says:
Evan and I are just now reading Charlotte’s Web. And he has started reading The Giving Tree to me. But from my childhood, I loved The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley. I also loved the book The Island of the Blue Dolphins. I remember when I first read it I could hardly put it down.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Tracy says:
Little House on the Prairie!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Meg says:
I have to say that I have always been a reader (thank you, Mom) but the series of mystery books about a girl named Meg were my favorites. By Holly Walker, I think? I didn’t know any other Meg’s a the time.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Sharon says:
Definitely the Little House books. I see that they have been mentioned several times already but no other books ever came close for me.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Jenna says:
I loved to read (still do) and there are so many books I love! However, I think I would pick “The Witch of Blackbird Pond” (no, she’s not a witch) or any of “The Boxcar Children” books.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Susan says:
My mom’s book, Davey Come Home, of course!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
grammyscraps says:
It would definitely be one of the Bobbsey Twins books…probably The Bobbsy Twins on the Farm…my parents were divorced when I was 9 and times were not happy…these offered a wonderful view of a happy family to me…dreams of what could be. The Farm reminded me so much of one of my Aunts’ farms..tho her’s wasn’t quite so neat. I went on E-Bay and found a lot of the old books to have to read to my grand-daughters.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Tater Mama says:
My earliest memory is of my grandfather reading to me from AA Milne’s When We Were Very Young. I still love those poems, “Vespers” being my favorite.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Karen says:
Love the slippers! My favorite book was The Phantom Tollbooth and I still have the very copy that I ready a zillion times. It’s a great book for nerds.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
pam @ Without Fear says:
I love so many books from my childhood, but I would definitely have a Little House on the Prairie book open and be snuggling with hot cocoa with lots of marshmallows.
Great giveaway, AM. Thanks for hosting.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Pat says:
Little Women! Only one? There are so many! Great reading list here!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Jeni says:
I think both of my 2 all time favorites are mentioned but I love the kid’s pjs so I had to leave a commment. My 2 faves (I can’t decide) are the Secret Garden and Ann of Green Gables. Once I got older it was Little Women and Gone With the Wind. I LOVE to read.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Cassondra says:
My favorite books to read growing up were the Little House on the Prarie series. We would go to the library all of the time and this is what I would check out.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Angie says:
Define childhood.
Early childhood would be The Velveteen Rabbit. Then Anne of Green Gables and the Chronicles of Narnia. Oh, and Little Women. But once I hit high school, To Kill A Mockingbird. Hands down.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Sue in Indy says:
I would be curled up reading “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”
It would be so much better in those slippers!
November 12th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Shelly W. says:
Probably the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. But when I was even younger than that, I had a children’s book called “Shoes for Angela” that I read over and over again. Loved that book! It probably started my shoe addiction.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
chaotic joy says:
In Elementary School it was the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. I think I read them 50 times. In middle school it was Tuck Everlasting. All of these books were sent to me by my grandmother. Thanks Gram.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Robbin says:
Oh my gosh. There are so very many. Almost anything by E.B White or Beverly Cleary, I think. But there was a series of books by Lois Lenski that I never see anymore that I really loved and miss; most are out of print. They were mainly about Dust-Bowl-era migrant farm children. As a relatively poor farm girl myself, they really struck a chord with me. They had titles like Corn Farm Boy and Cotton in my Sack.
You can still find some of them. One was a Newbury award winner – Strawberry Girl. One day, through the magic of used books, I hope to be able to read them to Harry.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
chickadee@afamiliarpath says:
that is a tough one but i recently read summer of the monkeys to my girls and i loved it all over again.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
emily says:
i’d be reading A Secret Garden. love that book! love the idea of just curling up and reading in front of a fire.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Melissa says:
Oh man… a favorite? I feel like all I did as a kid was read and then play out adventures from my books.
I guess I would have to say the Chronicles of Narnia, especially The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I reread it all the time, and I can’t wait to read it to my kids.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Jackie C says:
Any of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books or Nancy Drew series would have to be my favorites as a child.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Lynn says:
Curled up is the key here! But, I would have probably been looking at the World Book Encyclopedias. I loved reading and looking at all the pictures.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
trixiefan says:
Just reading thru these reminds me of so many books I loved! But sometimes I actually do curl up and read my old standbys, the Trixie Belden mysteries.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Cheryl says:
I think it would have to be Where the Red Fern Grows. Or maybe Little Women. It’s a touch choice.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Lezleigh says:
I’d re-read the whole Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series, they entertained me for all of my childhood, and I’ll be introducing them to my soon, soon!
November 12th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Mandy says:
I can’t choose just one……. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Kelly says:
I would be curled up reading any of the Judy Blume books or The Babysitter Club- I had all of them, in fact they are in my shed boxed up…I should get them out for my daughter that is 8!
November 12th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Rachel Langston says:
Those slippers are DEFINITELY for me! As for my favorite children’s book, it’s a tie between THE SECRET GARDEN and THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Janet says:
As a child, my favorite book was Kenny and His Animal Friends. I bought it with my own money!
November 12th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
denise says:
Love the slippers! I’m currently wearing two pairs of socks around the house, so clearly I’m not adjusting to the cold again this year : )
My favorite as a young child was “The Poky Little Puppy”. Once I was a bit older, I loved “Bridge to Terabithia”.
Thanks for the contest!
November 12th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Laura says:
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. I still love it!
November 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Shannon says:
For me, it would be The Secret Garden. I read that book over and over again!
November 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Sherri says:
The Little House books. I loved Laura.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Lori Ann Schuster says:
Thank you so much for writing this blog! I rush home everyday just to read this!
Anyhow, I just love Little House on the Prairie books! I always thought I was born to late!
Thanks again for a great blog!
November 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Janet says:
Another of my favorite books (I’ve already listed one in an earlier post) is a story called “Mrs. Osborne the Mop” and THANK YOU SO MUCH for bring this up today. I’ve tried for years to remember the name of that book but I could not until I read your blog today and it suddenly came back to me! All I could remember was that there were two children in the book and that morning glory grew around the house. As a child, I’m not sure why the morning glory stood out in my mind because I’m sure I didn’t even know what morning glory was, but I imagined it as the most beautiful flower ever.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Jean@workingmomma247 says:
It would have to be the Anne of Green Gables series.
Those slippers look perfect to wear for such reading.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Janet says:
Correction to my earlier post… it was “MISS Osborne the Mop”. Apparently there was no Mr. Osborne.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Jennifer says:
Definately “Derwood Inc.” It was a reader where I went to school. I loved every minute of it. Good for fourth graders
November 12th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Maria says:
i have never left a comment here, but i found your blog while wasting away a sunday afternoon a few weeks ago and i have been stalking your blog ever since. i love it:) i am also amazed at all your comments. i get really excited if i have just one, and it is usually from my sister.
anyway- my pick would be “indian in the cupboard”-the trilogy. my 4th grade teacher read us this series and i loved it.
maybe since this is my first and only comment here, i will have extra good luck and win…(there is no logic in that at all, but i thought i would just throw that in).
November 12th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
ElleBee says:
Oh, hands down it would be the “Little House” series. I read them so often that my mom finally took them away for awhile so I’d read other books!
November 12th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Heather says:
I liked Blubber by Judy Blume, but my all-time favorite has to be Charlotte’s Web. Still love it today.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Connie says:
Bedtime for Frances..and later on, the Little House series.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Pam says:
Nancy Drew! Oh, how I loved those.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Byranie says:
Chronicles of Narnia for me!
November 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Fiona says:
The little house series
November 12th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Gini says:
My 4th Grade teacher read the Little House series to us after lunch. That’s my favorite series and my favorite teacher! Love you Forever, Where The Wild Things Are, Make Way For Ducklings, Mercer Meyer Books, The Story About Ping (I could go on and on) are all favorites to read to kids.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
AliAnn says:
Oh, wow, people have already mentioned so many of my favorites. I’m planning to start Charlotte’s Web with my daughter as soon as it arrives from the library.
My personal favorite though, is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I read it with my daughter not long ago and it was so wonderful to see her enjoy it as much as I did.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Meg @ SpicyMagnolia says:
Definitely “Charlotte’s Web” was on my list of favorites, as well as “The Trumpet of the Swan”. E.B. White was classic all the way around. The Chronicles of Narnia would also be a must. You have me craving a cold, winter’s day with hot chocolate by a fire with a book!!
November 12th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Marianne says:
Well, this summer I re-read the entire Anne of Green Gables series (it’s 100th anniversary this year). I would love to re-read Little Women this winter.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Susan says:
I loved the Little House books and the Wizard of Oz series.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Mary Jo says:
I’d definitely be re-reading the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
November 12th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Rhonda says:
It depends on which point in my childhood, but Nancy Drew Mysteries come to mind.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Stretch Mark Mama says:
A bag? For slippers? HA HA HA HA HA!
Truly I need to “up” my fashion sense.
Didn’t get to read much as a kid–which might be why I like to read to my kids so much. I liked the Ramona series. Also–How to Eat Fried Worms.
I cried at the end of Charlotte’s Web. And my kids made fun of me.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Abby says:
The Cat Who Wore A Pot On Her Head
I loved it – and still do!
November 12th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Michelle says:
A Wrinkle in Time. It’s for a bit older child. Pretty cool fantasy book.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Carolyn says:
I am going out on limb here and say it would have to be The Monster at the End of This Book. My 3 year old loves it now as much as I did. Good ole Grover! I know it is a short book but my daughter’s attention span lasts about as long as that book…..when I was older I loved those Sweet Dreams romances. Ah, to be a teen again!!
November 12th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Judith says:
Living in Japan, where we take our shoes off inside and most buildings don’t have central heat, I carry my slippers everywhere during the winter months. I could definitely use the slippers in a bag!
I spent many happy days reading (and re-reading) books in the “Childhood of Famous Americans” series.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Lexi says:
I’d have to say the Little House books (I still have mine from childhood, actually!)
November 12th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
d says:
I loved Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff. I enjoyed the Anne of Green Gables books, too.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Sarah says:
Love me some Charlotte Web, too! And Ramona Quimby.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Krista says:
My favorite book from childhood… gosh, I read so many I can hardly remember them! I think it would have to be A Wrinkle in Time. And I know that’s not really “childhood” reading material, but it’s the earliest one I can really remember! Besides Charlotte’s Web, but you stuck that one in my head!
November 12th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Carrie says:
Oh my there are so many! Big Red Barn is a favorite in the board books, A Frog in the Bog is a great childrens book and I guess, James and the Giant Peach would be my favorite chapter book! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Theresa says:
I would love to curl up in those nice cozy slippers with “Little House In The Big Woods”!!!
November 12th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Paulla says:
Hands down, it would be Where The Red Fern Grows. Between the ages of 10 and 13, for some reason, I read that book FOURTEEN times. I loved it, loved the dogs, cried each and every time. When I was 16, my two dogs died w/in three days of one another. Prophetic? Maybe. Either way, it defined my childhood and I still remember and love it.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Lisa says:
It’s a VERY old book and long out of print “The Old Black Witch” by Harry and Wendy Devlin..great book! The witch makes blueberry pancakes and the recipe was on the back of the book.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Sarah says:
Definitely Rilla of Ingleside (the last in the Anne of Green Gables series).
November 12th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
AndiK says:
When I was younger, I was a mystery NUT. So, I read a lot of Nancy Drew (the old and new ones) and Trixie Belden. I always wanted to be a sleuth!
I also loved Louisa May Alcott’s An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins, and Little Men. And Anne of Green Gables…The list does go on! And children’s lit is my favorite genre, so I have even more current faves!
November 12th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
carrie says:
Frances Hodgeson Burnett’s A Little Princess.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Joanna says:
Nancy Drew series and the Secret Garden.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Carrie says:
Hmmm…my favorite kids book overall is Where the Wild Things Are…but as far as chapter books, my favorite was either the Indian in the Cupboard series, or one called Jacob Have I Loved.
November 12th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Scarlett says:
The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
November 12th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Renna says:
Though it would be hard to pick just one favorite childhood book, as I seemed to love them all, the one that I remember first falling in love with was “The Velvet Room”. I remember identifying with Robin, the central character of the book, slipping off to a private and beautiful place of solace.
November 12th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Susan J. says:
I thought about saying “Charlotte’s Web”, but that is not quite my favorite. I loved “Make Way for Ducklings.” Another fav when I was a little bit older was “Rabbit Hill.” The drawings in this book are beautiful! This is very UN-politically correct, but I also loved “Little Black Sambo.” There were many others, but I have to mention the “Little House” books and “Nancy Drew.” I’ll stop now.
November 12th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Susan J. says:
Reading this list was fun. Some books that I had totally forgotten about were mentioned (like “The Old Black Witch”) and other favorites that I did not list like “Trumpet of the Swan.”
November 12th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
holly f says:
Thanks for hosting another giveaway.
I would choose The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe.
November 12th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Jenna says:
My “cultured” side says Little House on the Prairie, but my “guilty pleasure” side says Baby-Sitter’s Club … a Super Special to make it even more cool!
November 12th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Roxanne says:
The Velvet Room. . .the book that set a window seat in my heart as something I must someday have as my very own.
November 12th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Stephanie says:
Probably one of my favorite books from childhood that hasn’t been mentioned yet is 21 Balloons. Another one that hasn’t been mentioned yet is the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander. I’ve always been a reading nut =) I used to drive my bike by myself to the library as a grade schooler and check out 12 books at a time and balance them in my basket all the way home ….. Awww the comparative safety of the 70’s
November 12th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
ChristyCate says:
I would have to say the Little House on the Prairie series…
November 12th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Jaime says:
I loved all the Madeline L’Engle books – A Wind in the Door was my favorite.
November 12th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Marjie says:
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle always makes me smile.
November 12th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Chris says:
“Bedtime for Francis” of course!
November 12th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Gini says:
Well I can’t pick just one!! And all I have to do is go to my bookshelf and see what old favorites I have kept all these years:
–All the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (which my mom and sister read aloud to me)
–Mrs. Mike by Nancy and Benedict Freedman
–Tall and Proud by Vian Smith (From my horse-crazy years)
–Growing up at Gold Creek by Melody Zager and My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (from the years when I longed to be a forest-ranger– living off the land deep in the woods!)
–The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt (which always made me cry)
–All the Bagthorpe books by Helen Cresswell (which always made me laugh)
–The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (which always made me dream of heroes and horses and handsome princes, and saving the world!)
Ahhh… what a nice walk down memory lane. of course I’m not going to get anything done now tonight, because I’m going to be sitting here getting re-acquainted with all these “old friends”!!
Oh and when I was very little, I loved Beatrix Potter–except the “Roly Poly Pudding” always scared me a bit! Evil rats!
Sorry for the long post– can you tell I have a life-long love of books and reading?
November 12th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Katie H says:
I loved A Little Princess so much, I think I probably read it over ten times. Now my girls love it, too.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Melody says:
Oh, how to choose, how to choose? My two favorites were probably “From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” and “My Side of the Mountain”. Both about kids living on their own and fending for themselves…hmmmm I wonder what that says about me????
November 12th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Corey says:
Wow so many memories listed in all of these books.
My all time favorite was “Island of the Blue Dolphins”. I read that book countless times.
I’d read it right now if I still had it; the book I’m currently reading is terrible!
And those slippers look divine.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Kim Eastwood says:
What I love best about winter is curlung up on the sofa after a warm bath and reading a good book. I have fond memories laying in bed at grandma’s and both of us reading. Little House Series were the best. I loved them all.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Becky` says:
That’s easy… Box Car Children… remember that series?
November 12th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Susan says:
Any of the “Little House” books for my younger childhood years and “To Kill a Mockingbird” for my older childhood years.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Cynthia says:
Ramona. I loved Beverly Cleary books.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
rj-tx says:
I’ve always loved “Little House On the Prairie.” Such sweetness and goodness. More of what we need every day!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Mary says:
Well here in Florida we don’t use the slippers very much although they would be a great gift for the out of state relatives! I would read the entire Betsy series by Carolyn Haywood. I was glad to see them mentioned here already. I just recently received an entire set of them that was removed from the elementary school and was going into the recycle pile for scrap. I couldnt get either of my children to read them when they were young because they were too old fashioned!
Loved those books when I was young!!!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Lysa TerKeurst says:
I totally need some new slippers! These look great.
I was a “Boxcar kids” kid. I loved those books so much I wished a traincar would show up in my yard one day. I would have totally moved in and set up shop.
Thanks for memory.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Sarah says:
My favorite children’s book is “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” but my favorite from my childhood was the Nancy Drew mysteries.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Amy says:
I loved the Anne of Green Gables books. I can’t wait for my daughter to read them!!!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Janna says:
Any of the Boxcar Children books…or Charlie and the Chocolate factory…or Encyclopedia Brown…
November 12th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Sheila at Dodging Raindrops says:
I would read A Little Princess. I love the living in the attic part.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
The Roost says:
I am sitting on the couch right now with the ratest ole slippers you have ever seen! I would love them and I would wear them & reread Swiss Family Robinson. Oh yes I would!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Danica says:
I loved the Chronicles of Narnia (still do!). I used to dream that I was Lucy and stumbled into Narnia through a wardrobe.
My mom used to read to us every night before we went to bed and I loved it! I don’t remember the names of all the books we read, but when I was nine or ten she read us “My Side of The Mountain” by Jean Craighead George. I will never forget that book. It totally fascinated me.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
April says:
Wow, this really took me back! I kept getting stuck between the books I read now WITH my kids and the books I read as a kid. I’d have to say for a fun read definitely How to Eat Fried Worms.(DO NOT watch the movie, NOTHING was similar to the book. I was SO dissappointed) The Wind Boy by Ethel Cook Eliot. The Hobbit, Ramona Quimby books and last, but certainly not least, The Chronicles of Narnia.
With OR without slippers I’m thankful for a childhood full of reading and imagination!!!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
k&c's mom says:
“The Borrowers”
“Understood Betsy”
“Betsy, Tacy and Tib”
November 12th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Jenny says:
I loved “The Poky Little Puppy”. I still love that book. My daughter loves the Junie B. Jones series, and my son loves the Betsy and Tacy books.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Emmie (Better Make It A Double) says:
Oh, this brings back memories. Pinnochio (the real story), or maybe the Little House books. I hope kids are still reading the great books people have listed here.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Kirsty says:
Okay, I didn’t read it in my childhood but I recently read every Harry Potter and loved them all. So I know I would have loved them way back when too. Another I love from then was the Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. love his books.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Kendra Field says:
I have to say that my favorite childhood book was the Pokey Little Puppy!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Kellye says:
The Long Cold Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (from the Little House on the Prairie series)
November 12th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Dawn says:
I am a Judy Blume/Beverly Clearly girl myself. I read and reread these books so many times. My favorite book that my dad would read to me and my siblings are Shel Silverstein. Pop would read and reread them every night before we went to bed. Oh memories.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Dorothy Davis says:
“Little house on the prairie”.Could use some slippers for this old 1909 house.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
desi says:
any of the Little House on the Prairie books!
November 12th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Jana says:
I loved so many books. The most memorable to me are the books in the Little House on the Prairie series, the Trixie Belden mysteries, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries, and my all-time favorite pick, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Thanks for the jaunt down memory lane!
Jana
November 12th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Trina says:
I’d be curled up, reading a Nancy Drew book.
Trina
November 12th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Sudee in Florida says:
I loved “Heidi”. It taught me that God has a plan for our lives, and things happen when He knows it’s best for all concerned. We can’t always see His big picture, and that’s a hard lesson for me at this time.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Colleen says:
All the Trixie Belden books-I used to get a new one for my birthday and at Christmas, and I’d save any money I happened to come my way to purchase others at Woolworth’s.
Little Women is still a favorite today.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Laura J. says:
Little House in the Big Woods … I love the way the girls were able to have fun with the most simple of “toys” … playing in the attic among the pumpkins, getting excited about the balloon Pa made with the pig’s bladder after butchering time came, making maple sugar candy in the snow and using Ma’s thimble to make designs in the frost on the window pane. This most certainly has to be my favorite childhood book.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
alayna says:
I can only narrow it down to 2 series – the Little House books or Anne of Green Gables books – probably the Anne books- I still like to re-read them!
November 12th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Jackie says:
I can imagine cuddling up with Little Women. Loved that book!
November 12th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Deanna Tolleson says:
I have always loved reading Shel Silverstein’s poems from Where the Sidewalk Ends. I still read that one to my kids and laugh at al of my favorites.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:03 am
amy says:
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Best young adult book ever.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:31 am
DJ says:
The BFG. Always LOVED Roald Dahl books.
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November 13th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Megan says:
Hmmm, I’d love to sit here with Anne of Green Gables again. Maybe next month…
November 13th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Becky says:
I loved the series by Janet Lambert. I had saved them and I was very disappointed when my daughter showed no interest in reading them.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Faerylandmom says:
For me, it will always be the Chronicles of Narnia. All seven of them. I personally think they count as one book! But that’s just me and my own weirdness!
November 13th, 2008 at 1:49 am
Sue says:
My goodness, that’s too hard. I loved the Bible stories told to me, with Baby Moses being hidden in the water in the basket being my favorite. I realize that’s not really a cricket response since someone read it to me.
My favorite book to play with was the first grade reader, On Cherry Street. I grew up to be a teacher, so those early dreams came true.
Black Beauty and Heidi were also definitely favorites.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Brigitte says:
Gee, only ONE!? I STILL re-read some of them occasionally. Today I’ll pick . . . Lloyd Alexander’s Black Cauldron series.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:31 am
liz in NY says:
I remember sitting in my tent on rainy days reading “Trixie Belden”. I loved them all. My mother always let me buy one before we went on vacation.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Minnesotamom says:
I would be reading Matilda by Roald Dahl. I bet I read it 10 times when I was a kid.
November 13th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Milissa says:
I want to win. I want to win.
Oh I have loved to read for so long…I don’t even remember learning to read…or learning to appreciate it. It’s just always been part of me. I struggled with this question a little though. And I finally decided…my favorite childhood book was A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein. I could read those poems over and over again and giggle every time. Which just makes me wonder why I don’t appreciate poetry more as an adult. Oh well. Thanks for hosting. 
November 13th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Tammy Marcelain says:
Little Women.
November 13th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Bobbey says:
I love the coziness of lands end’s regular clothes, these look ultra comfy cozy!
November 13th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Rivkeleh says:
I had to come back with two more that haven’t been added (at least from what I can see w/o my bifocals on yet):
1. The Battle for Cockatrice Castle. I read this as “The Talking Parcel” when I was young, but it changed titles since then, I understand. It involves a parrot who is responsible for using every word in the dictionary every year so the words don’t disappear. This was formative for me in ways I can only barely begin to understand.
2. The Ready Made Family. I have no idea if this is still in print in any fashion, but it’s a story about a set of siblings in foster care who are moved to a new home, and have some trouble settling in with their new family — and trusting it when they are adopted. As a member of a blended family, the gestalt of being able to trust people you don’t know who are suddenly your family hit close to home for me, and I loved it.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Tami E says:
My favorite books were the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys series.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Amy Nathan says:
OK, I did NOT read all the previous comments, but
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
was one of my daughter’s favorite books, and is age-appropriate for Sean if you don’t already have it!
November 13th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Becky says:
The Black Stallion! I still feel wrapped in the excitement of a good read just thinking about it!
November 13th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Leigh Ann says:
The Giver. It was required reading in school but I fell in love with it. Since the ending was interpretive, the possibilities of the ending let me choose the good ending or the tragic ending… depending on my mood.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Tina in IN says:
Oh my what a question! I think I would have to re-read ALL my little house books! I loved Litle House on the Prairie. I watched it on t.v. in earnest to see something like the book, but it was never the same. As and adult, I finally got a home and a small piece of land, to which my Grandmother tells me is my “Little House on the Prairie” In Mid Central Indiana I cant imagine this is prairie, but I will take it! So yeah I would re-read my Little House books.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Marilee G. Liberty says:
Hickory Dickory Dock
November 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Teresa says:
Far and away, the Little House series. I lived and breathed Laura Ingalls Wilder as a child. I still love them, only now I think I identify more with Ma. I’m even reading them to my 12 y.o. and 7 y.o. boys. They love it also because Almanzo is teaching them what a man really is.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Melissa @ Anxious for Nothing says:
When I was very young, I liked the Frances books (Best Friends for Frances, Bread and Jam for Frances, etc.) and Corduroy bear books. When I got a little older I liked the Little House on the Prairie Books and My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Kathy says:
It would have to be Curious George goes to the Hospital. I still love the x-ray picture when he swallowed the puzzle piece.
Great Giveaway!
November 13th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Rebecca says:
My all-time favorite as a girl (and still today) is the Anne of Green Gables series.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Susan Moore says:
I loved the All-of-a Kind Family Series by Sydney Taylor. It was about a sweet Jewish family with lots of kids living in the city.
My all time favorite has to be “Little House in the Big Woods” read to us in class by my second grade teacher. I devoured the series of course.
I was so surprised at how many of the books I HAVE read that people suggested. I am so blessed to have been exposed to so many good books!
November 13th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Sharon says:
I love anything “Land’s End”. It’s all so soft and snuggly.
A favorite book from my and my childrens’ chilhood would have to be any book from “The Little House on the Praire” series.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Nancy says:
my DD really needs some cozy jammies, that would be so great! and i cannot believe i have a long lost twin in the comments here, but i immediately thought of Dr. Suess’ Sleep Book, i still have my falling apart hardcover. and there was a book in the elementary school library that i could not stop checking out, Champion Dog Prince Tom, (about a cocker spaniel) because we had a cocker, too.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
bee says:
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.. hands down!
November 13th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
suzanne says:
as a child, teen or adult…The Phantom Tollbooth…always a classic!
November 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Beth S says:
Oh definately “Harriet the Spy”…I even carried around my own notebook, making my notes…
November 13th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
June says:
I loved the Little House on the Prairie books but my all time favorite from later was To Kill a Mockingbird. I still love to re-read it. I NEED those shoes. This is my first fall in my new house with my all wood floors and many windows! My feet are cold.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Tara says:
As I was reading your directions I immediately thought, “Charlotte’s Web”. In fact, as I turn my head right now literally as I am typing I see the pink curly tail of a paper mache’ Wilbur that my third grader made just last week as part of their “Charlotte’s Web” unit! I first fell in love with Charlotte when I was in third grade. It’s also the reason I could not name my daughter Charlotte. But, I did name her Avery!
November 13th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Kamilla says:
In winter? it would be Jack & Jill by Louisa May Alcott. All cozy and wintery and home-y and virtuous.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
NancysLostandFound says:
The earliest book memory I have is of “A Hole is to Dig” by Ruth Krauss. That was a very LONG time ago. The book is probably so old only us helmet hair ladies would remember it. Yes, me too.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Awesome. Kewl. says:
Probably “Where the Red Fern Grows”. Must have read it 50 times, and when a mean girl stole it, I marched over to her house and stole it back – after threatening to bloody her nose. Heh.
But the “Misty of Chincoteague” books were faves as well, as were the “Little House” books. Read them all over and over.
But the ones I searched old book stores and online for as an adult? Wait for it….”Me and Caleb”, and “Me and Caleb Again”. HILARIOUS shenanigans from young boys, which I appreciate even more now that I have a young boy myself. BWAH HA HA!
Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane!
November 13th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Jenn G. says:
I loved reading “The Boxcar Children”….it was my favorite!
November 13th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Keary Naughton says:
It is a toss up between Nancy Drew and Little House on the Praire- I loved them both and can’t make a decision.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Confused Foreigner says:
The Wizard of Oz
As an adult, my favourite children’s book is The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein…. I once had to read it to a group of kids and had to practice reading it several times beforehand so that I could get through it without breaking down into a sobbing mess.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Wendy says:
Oh, I loved so many books, but it would probably have to be one about a horse, so I will choose Black Beauty. Way before I could read, I had it memorized from the little 45 record that read it out loud. I even said “ding!” when it was time to turn the page. I actually even remember doing this!
November 13th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
jj says:
My very favorite is Light in the attic. By Silverstein. But there are so many that i have fond memories of.Thanks for jogging my memory. That was some good stuff.
Thanks for the give a ways. Is there going to be three winners? I think i’m number 250 . One winner just doesn’t make it .
Thanks for doing this for us.Your mommy taught you well to share.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
InkMom says:
Rebecca, by Daphne DuMaurier — started in on the old gothics at the tender age of 10 and thought I had died and gone to heaven.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Abbi says:
In an effort to not copy everyone else’s “Little House” and “Anne” choices (though they are probably my first picks, too) I would choose Snow Treasures. (I am not referring to Treasures of the Snow)…different title altogether, but better book! We read it in 4th grade and I still think about it. I’m planning to read it to my kids, once winter rolls around (officially). It’s more of a “boy” book from what I remember, and has lots of history and action.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Deborah says:
Wow. I’m another “Anne” fan. But if I were going to read something else, maybe it would be “A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It’s a sweet, romantic story that spurred my imagination.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Erica says:
Toddler book: Good Night Moon
Picture book: Horton Hatches the Egg
Chapter book: Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, the first chapter book I ever re-read.
Now, my 2 1/2 year old would choose Bread and Jam for Frances. Dear Lord, I have read that book so much in the past year, so, so much.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Debbie says:
I’d probably be reading Heidi. Love the slippers!
November 13th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
veereg says:
Oh I loved all of the Enid Blyton books…..they were so fantastic….just an age old version of Harry potter may be??!!!
November 13th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Terri says:
Any (or all) of the Bill Peet books, but I read Kermit The Hermit so many times when my kids were younger that I could almost quote it without looking. My teens (16 & 17) can still recite the beginning of that book. Your son is at the perfect age for these books and I think you would enjoy them, too.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Carolyn S says:
I read voraciously all through childhood – so many wonderful books, especially Little Women and Heidi and Black Beauty.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
GoodGirlsStudio says:
James and The Giant Peach! loooooved it! IT was big & heavy & had beautiful illustrations.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Occupation: Mommy says:
I love the Anne of Green Gables books. Little House and Ramona books are close behind!
November 13th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Sarah says:
It’s a tie: Little House and Ramona! Both about little girls who are a tad rebellious, as I was.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Jamie says:
Hmmm… either The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis) or The Princess and the Goblin (MacDonald).
November 14th, 2008 at 1:53 am
Carolie says:
Any book from the Little House series, the Narnia series, or the Mary Poppins series (P.L. Travelers, NOT Disney!)
November 14th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Nancy says:
Ohhhh! I loved (and still love) to read!
This question has taken me back to some sweet and poignant memories of childhood! My third grade teacher, Mrs. A’s dynamic reading of “Charlotte’s Web” endeared me to anything by E.B. White.
Pre- and early school age: any of the classic Curious George books, Blueberries for Sal, Where the Wild Things Are, Giants Come in Different Sizes, Make Way for Ducklings,and The Billy and Blaze books by CW Anderson were on my library list repeatedly. I also remember my Mom reading “Parasols is for Ladies” by Elizabeth Ritter(a charming tale about family and saving $, even though the illustrations are a bit stereotyped)
School age: The Cricket in Times Square, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Blue Willow, My Side of the Mountain, “The Little House” Series,The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Trumpet of the Swan, From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Borrowers (I wished they lived in my house!) A Bear Called Paddington.
5th grade and up: Little Women, Across Five Aprils, The Bronze Bow, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Calico Captive.
Now I want to see if my library or Amazon has any of these so I can read them again!
Thanks for making me smile!
November 14th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Duren Thompson says:
James and the Giant Peach – is the one that alwasy stands out – and that i always recommend. My mom read it to me before I could read, and while I LOVE reading overall, and could name hundreds of “favorites” from 1st grade to 12th, I credit this book with sparking my love for modern fantasy.
Yeah, sure, I re-read Little House in the Big woods until it fell apart, and first learned to read while my mom was reading to me from a 1912 copy of Heidi (loaned by my grandmother, given to her by her mother, – she left it to me in her will),and then there were the Henry/Beazus/Ramona/Ribsy series, the horse books (King of the Wind, Black Beauty, Misty of Chincotigue, etc.), the colored fairy tale books, and then CLS Lewis, and then The Wrinkle in Time series, and then I found Andre Norton, and Paul Zindel, Robert Aspirin, Douglas Adams, Piers Anthony, and finally Asimov, and Heinlein.
But I have always had a special place in my heart for Roald Dahl – James and the Giant Peach – and the idea that our everyday, awful, terrible world can house magic – just a moment away – if you are brave enough and believe…
November 14th, 2008 at 11:56 am
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November 14th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Amy says:
My sister and I loved the BabySitters Club series. We even created our own “club”.
And if I had to pick just one of the items I would have to pick the men’s slippers. My husband really needs a new pair but refuses to let go of the old ones. Maybe if I “win” them instead of buy them – he’ll feel better about it
November 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm